Firelands Ambulance District Teaches Blocker Unit Safety
Firelands Ambulance District Chief Jeffrey Scott outlines a cost effective safety project using retired fire engines repurposed to shield crews at crash scenes. The Blocker Unit aims to reduce on scene injuries and taxpayer costs with phase two already in development after a total initial outlay around six thousand five hundred dollars.
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New London
Firelands
Jeffrey Scott
Blocker Ambulance District upgrades E-8 with new safety gear
Firelands Ambulance District purchased retired Niles engine E-8 and added high visibility markings from MAAD Designs at no cost. Donations from local volunteers and departments funded LED lights, traffic cones, signs, and safety vests for EMTs, each vest equipped with Guardian Angel lights.
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Sensory Space debuts at Lorain County Fair for neurodivergent visitors
Wellington reports on the Eaton Township Blue Ribbon 4-Hers creating a Sensory Space in Barn 14 with a quiet room, weighted blankets, fidgets, and a fast pass. Advisers Rachel Krezman Emma Smirz and family note high attendance and growing outreach as both kids and adults find relief from sensory overload at the fair.
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Wellington
Eaton Township
Blue Ribbon 4-Hers
Lorain County Fair
Rachel Krezman
Elyria
Emma Smirz
Grafton
Laura Smirz
Michele Hines
Laura Smitz
Krezman
PEP Prentiss Autism Center
Emma Smitz
Eaton
Oberlin schools amid North Park Street road project
Oberlin High and Elementary will undergo street work starting August 19 through October. North Park Street becomes northbound only at East Lorain and traffic signals will be replaced by stop signs. Pedestrian routes to schools remain marked, with School Resource Officer Billie Neadham directing near the high school. Drop-off and bus routes will continue. widening of North Park Street and East Lorain Street adds turn lanes and continues water sewer work.
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Oberlin
North Park Street
East Lorain Street
Billie Neadham
Oberlin High School
Man found dead in woods near Lorain Utica and Long
A man was found dead Friday afternoon in thick woods near railroad tracks at Utica and Long avenues in Lorain. Police say foul play is not suspected and the coroner is investigating the death. Nearby, the Lorain FOP Lodge No. 3 endorsed Democratic candidates for county and city offices in the November election, citing leadership and professionalism. Also warning of a text scam tied to the Ohio Turnpike and noting roadwork on Columbia Township's Columbia West River Road with intermittent closures through Aug. 30, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., detours posted. See ROUNDUP, B2.
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Lorain
Utica
Long Avenues
Jacob Morris
Lorain County
Morris
Mike Doran
Lodge
FOP
Isaiah Taylor
Columbia West River Road
Columbia Township
Osborne and
Sprague Roads
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